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reading Wednesday
Apr. 10th, 2019 10:48 pmThis week the best thing I read BY MILES was the Lumberjanes comic that M decided the kids were old enough to read. He knows about such things. Probably everyone else is already aware of/has read this comic since it's been around a while, but I had not, since I know nothing about such things, and I unreservedly ADORE it. The 10 year old loved it, the 8 year old loved it, and I'm currently considering whether I can legitimately invest £100 upwards in the entire series to date.
And it would be totally legitimate because this is such a great feminist and queer series, with an all-female central cast, a delightful gay romance, a character the internet tells me later comes out as trans, and packed with people shouting things like 'Holy bell hooks!' It was like a ray of sunshine in the midst of everything else going on at the moment.
[Other comics I've enjoyed recently, suitable for children 7 upwards or adults looking for escapism: Dungeon Fun - the whole playground was acting this one out for a week - and the Tamsin series from The Phoenix, or indeed everything from The Phoenix which is a very fine independent children's comic.]
And it would be totally legitimate because this is such a great feminist and queer series, with an all-female central cast, a delightful gay romance, a character the internet tells me later comes out as trans, and packed with people shouting things like 'Holy bell hooks!' It was like a ray of sunshine in the midst of everything else going on at the moment.
[Other comics I've enjoyed recently, suitable for children 7 upwards or adults looking for escapism: Dungeon Fun - the whole playground was acting this one out for a week - and the Tamsin series from The Phoenix, or indeed everything from The Phoenix which is a very fine independent children's comic.]
